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• December 04, 2008
• 14:00

  Different perspectives: Your first flight (part 1 of 5)

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  This post is the first of a series written by Jason, from www.m0a.com. He describes how the first lesson of a student looks like from the instructor point of view. I
• 1:00

  PlasticPilot’s Advent Calendar - 4: Four unusual places to rent an aircraft

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  Combining holliday trip and some flying can be the opportunity to discover new places, new landscapes, and new ways to fly. Here are four ideas of slightly different places where you could rent an air
• December 03, 2008
• 1:00

  PlasticPilot’s Advent Calendar - 3: Three Books

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  For today’s surprise, I selected three aviation books which I warmly recommend. Speaking of flying was commonly written by several well known authors, and covers a wide span of aviation related
• December 02, 2008
• 14:00

  Flying is like…

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  When talking with non-pilots, or persons that never flew, even as passenger, the most common question is “What is flying like ?”. My usual answer is to invite the asking person as passenge
• 1:00

  PlasticPilot’s Advent Calendar - 2: Two funny VORs

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  Who said that all VORs are installed in easy to reach locations like airports tarmac ? The teams in charge of navaids maintenance do not always has an easy job. The Frankfurt Main VOR (FFM) is located
• December 01, 2008
• 1:00

  PlasticPilot’s Advent Calendar - 1: Jet fighter in the Alps

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  One small gift per day from the 1st of December until Christmas - the advent caldendar concept appeared in the 19th century, and I decided to
• November 30, 2008
• 14:00

  Did you finish the homework that EASA gave you ?

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  If you learned to fly in Europe during the last decade, you had to cope with the JAA regulations and particularly the JAR-FCL which defines the rules for licensing, currency, renewal, and so on. If yo
• November 28, 2008
• 14:00

  Can aero-clubs operate high performance aircraft ?

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  For new student pilots, choosing an aero-club or Flight Training Organisation is just like choo
• November 27, 2008
• 12:54

  Airbus A320 ditched in the Mediterranean Sea abeam Perpignan

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  French media report that an Airbus 320 with 7 persons on board (number not confirmed, some media report 5) ditched in the Mediterranean Sea abeam Perpignan, at approximately 16:00 UTC. The exact circu
• November 25, 2008
• 14:00

  Exxon no longer wants to fuel DA42s - Strange arguments

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  I read today on aero-news.net that Exxon “does not support or endorse the supply of jet fue